This week, Businesswire produced a press release referencing an interesting report from a few months ago, published in Markets and Markets. The report details projections for the shotcrete and gunite industry from 2015 on to 2020. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we might only serve a portion of the global sprayed concrete market, but we …
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This week, we’re back with the second part of our history lesson. Read on to learn more about the history of shotcrete and gunite since the 1950s. We provide a variety of shotcrete and gunite services for our clients in Colorado and surrounding states from our home base near Denver in Littleton, Colorado. Some of …
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It’s been a little while since we’ve provided a history lesson here at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, so we’re taking the opportunity to expand on the history of one of our favorite topics: shotcrete and gunite. Here at our headquarters in Littleton, Colorado (near Denver), we provide superior shotcrete and shoring contracting services to the state of …
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Wednesday, September 23 will mark the first day of fall, and here in Littleton, Colorado, we know that winter isn’t far behind. In this part of the country, winter often means low temperatures and a lot of snow on the ground, so it makes construction projects difficult to complete for months at a time. That’s …
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Shotcrete makes the news right at the end of this month with a story coming out of our nation’s capitol. The National Zoo in Washington D.C. got a new wall to replace “old structures along an extensive drop-off along the entrance road.” What’s neat about this wall is the story behind it, the quality of …
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At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring, we are proud to unveil footage of a fresh, new shotcrete project, which was completed earlier this month. We installed a beautiful new shotcrete wall for the parking lot at the new Wal-Mart supercenter and Sam’s Club, coming soon to Fountain, Colorado. As The Gazette reported earlier in the summer, …
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Normally, if gunite hits the news, it’s in reference to large houses up for sale or recently built which boast fancy gunite pools. While interesting shotcrete projects have gotten our attention before here at Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring (like in the case of the Chauvet cave recreation or the new explosion-resistant formula), most of those stories focus …
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At the beginning of the month, there was a breakthrough in the formula for steel-reinforced shotcrete/gunite which can not only make the substance sturdier, but also much more fire resistant than other forms of shotcrete. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring in Littleton, CO, we are always intrigued by new advances in shotcrete engineering and unique stories …
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Shotcrete makes international news again, this time in the world of prehistoric art. At Thorcon Shotcrete and Shoring in Littleton, Colorado, we love seeing gunite concrete and shotcrete construction gain attention worldwide, so we are excited to comment on this brand new story, coming to us from France. Anyone who has taken a basic art …
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